Alex Hassell

Biography

Alexander Stephen Hassell (born 7 September 1980) is an English actor. He is co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. Hassell was born in Southend, England, the youngest of four, to a vicar. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after completing GCSE and A-Level courses at Moulsham High School, in Chelmsford, Essex.

He has appeared in a number of stage roles, most recently as Hal in Henry IV Parts I and II, and Henry in Henry V, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first Hollywood role was in George Clooney's Suburbicon (2017), and later that year he appeared in his first major television role in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, which first aired on Boxing Day. He also appeared as Translucent in the first season of The Boys (2019) on Amazon Prime Video, and played Vicious in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop in 2021.

Known For

The Sickhouse
The Sickhouse
Violent Night
Violent Night
RSC Live: Henry V
RSC Live: Henry V
Locked In
Locked In
Los Cuentos de Albion (Antología)
Los Cuentos de Albion (Antología)
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1
RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1

Filmography

2025 Two Down
as John Thomas
2024 Rivals
as Rupert Campbell-Black
2024 Young Woman and the Sea
as Harry Horlick
2023 Locked In
as Dr. Robert Lawrence
2023 Everything Now
as Rick
2022 Violent Night
as Jason
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Ross
2021 Cowboy Bebop
as Vicious
2019 His Dark Materials
as Metatron
2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Max Rose
2019 The Boys
as Translucent
2019 The Isle
as Oliver Gosling
2019 National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
as Jack Gould
2017 The Miniaturist
as Johannes Brandt
2017 The Miniaturist
as Johannes Brandt
2017 Suburbicon
as Louis
2017 Health, Wealth & Happiness
as
2017 Genius
as Manach
2016 Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Various
2015 RSC Live: Henry V
as Henry V